This Azerbaijani player deserves all the plaudits for deliberately missing a penalty.
There was an outstanding act of sportsmanship in Azerbaijan at the weekend, during the clash between Inter Baku and Qarabag.
Qarabag ended up as 2-0 victors, but that margin of victory could have been greater, had it not been for Elvin Mammadov.
They were unjustly awarded a penalty in the second half after a Qarabag forward took a tumble in the box after jumping over the Inter keeper. Although there was clearly no contact between the players, and the forward didn’t even try to sell it as a foul, the referee pointed to the spot.
This prompted the Inter players to confront the referee over the poor decision and the crowd to become unsettled.
However, up stepped the hero of the hour Mammadov who deliberately fired the penalty over the bar which received a big cheer from the crowd as well as several pats on the back from the opposition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C218fLtNJbs
